Balm vs Wimauma

A side-by-side comparison of Balm and Wimauma: population, income, housing, and more.

Balm and Wimauma are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wimauma has the higher population (13,003 vs 5,362 in Balm). Balm has the higher median household income ($104,347 vs $58,708 in Wimauma). Wimauma has the higher median home value ($334,400 vs $312,600 in Balm).

Population, income & housing

	Balm	Wimauma
Population	5,362	13,003
Median age	33.5 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,347	$58,708
Median home value	$312,600	$334,400
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,259
Housing units	2,015	3,547
Homeownership rate	86.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balm	Wimauma
Population	4,362 → 5,362 (+22.9%)	8,358 → 13,003 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$83,993 → $104,347 (+24.2%)	$49,347 → $58,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $312,600 (+43.1%)	$159,600 → $334,400 (+109.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,534 → $1,679 (+9.5%)	$847 → $1,259 (+48.6%)

Balm

Population

4,3625,362

Median household income

$83,993$104,347

Median home value

$218,500$312,600

Median gross rent

$1,534$1,679

Wimauma

Population

8,35813,003

Median household income

$49,347$58,708

Median home value

$159,600$334,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balm	Wimauma
Under 5	9.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	29.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	20.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	21.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	4.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	3.9%
75 and over	1.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balm	Wimauma
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	23.6%
Black or African American	32.5%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	50.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balm	Wimauma
No high school diploma	18.2%	28.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balm	Wimauma
Drove alone	73.6%	68.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balm	Wimauma
1-unit, detached	87.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Balm	Wimauma
Poverty rate	2.7%	25.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	2014	2013